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Educators and professors of education, on the other hand, have come to exactly the opposite conclusions.” —Natalie Wexler, The Knowledge Gap: the Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System—And How to Fix It  \n“We are not convinced that elite education schools are doing an adequate job of conveying fundamental, broad-based content knowledge and skills to prospective teachers. The foundations and methods courses we reviewed suggest that faculty at most of these schools are often trying to teach a particular ideology—that traditional knowledge is repressive by its very nature—without directing their students to any substantial readings that question the educational implications of this view.” —David M. Steiner, with Susan D. Rozen,“Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers: An Analysis of Syllabi from a Sample of America's Schools of Education,” ch. 5 of A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom  \nWhy reform teacher education?  \nAmerica’s education system is failing its students.1 According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), an educational assessment administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, literacy levels are declining. The NAEP reading assessment is given to 4th and 8th graders every two years, and the most recent data are discouraging. In 2024, 40 percent of 4th graders and 33 percent of 8th graders  \n_____________________________  \n1. To read more from the Martin Center about teacher education reform, visit: [https://jamesgmartin.center/](https://jamesgmartin.center/)[ ](https://jamesgmartin.center/)[tag/teacher-education/](tag/teacher-education/)  \nperformed below the NAEP’s “basic” level.2 These numbers represent declines in scores since 2022. The decline is even steeper compared to 2019. Mathematics scores from 2024 are also disheartening. Both 4th and 8th grade mathematics scores were lower than in 2019.3  \nSuch broadscale learning struggles raise the question of teacher quality. Do teachers bear part of the blame for these bleak numbers? The state of teacher education programs suggests that they do. Many strategies that teachers are  \n2. The Nation’s Report Card,“NAEP Report Card: Reading, Explore Results for the 2024 NAEP Reading Assessment.”  \n3. The Nation’s Report Card,“Mathematics: Mathematics Assessment 2024.”  \nBlueprint for Reform  \n2 Blueprint for Reform  \nUniversity Systems  \nPolicymakers  \ntaught to employ in the classroom, such as centering education around students’ interests instead of prescribed content knowledge, have“been long discredited.”4  \nToo much emphasis is placed on pedagogy rather than the specific subject matter teachers need to know to teach their fields competently. Teachers cannot impart what they do not have. This lack of content knowledge produces severe consequences for literacy because students’ ability to understand a text is directly related to the relevant background knowledge they have in long-term memory.5 Additionally, schools of education have fallen prey to the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda which deemphasizes student achievement.  \nBy failing to properly train teachers, schools of education are failing the country’s youngest students. This cycle of impoverished education can stop if educators—held accountable by policymakers—depoliticize their classrooms and integrate the latest evidence-based research on effective learning.  \nRecommendations  \nThe Martin Center recommends that legislatures, university boards, and faculty governing committees take steps to reform teacher education.  \n4. Natalie Wexler, The Knowledge Gap (New York: Avery, 2019), p. 49.  \n5. Daniel T. 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